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Item Ships From: Switzerland
Still life with kepi, sword and uniform
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Category
Early 1900s Modern Switzerland - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a child carrying a carafe
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Molded frame in plaster and gilded wood
76 x 56 x 7 cm
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Switzerland - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Baby sitting in his bassinet
By Henry Meylan
Located in Genève, GE
This is a remarkable painting, depicting a young child sitting comfortably in a cradle in vibrant colours. The artist has mastered contrasts magnificently, using mainly shades of blu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Switzerland - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Painter at his easel painting woman and child
By Henry Meylan
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Golden wooden frame
70 x 61.5 x 6 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century Switzerland - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Departure of the infantrymen for the war of 14, signed
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas signed lower right
Dimension with frame 70 x 80 x 6 cm
This striking work captures a group of French soldiers marching determinedly along a dusty road, with the distan...
Category
1910s Academic Switzerland - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
I have to save you
Located in Zofingen, AG
ABOUT THE ARTWORK
"I Have to Save You" presents a compelling narrative of guardianship and intimacy, conveyed through the tender interplay between a nude figure and a gentle stag. Th...
Category
2010s Impressionist Switzerland - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$480 Sale Price
20% Off
Breton washerwoman
Located in Genève, GE
Work on wood
Molded frame in plaster and gilded wood
51.5 x 36 x 5 cm
Category
Early 20th Century Italian School Switzerland - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Two roses in vase
By Louis Henri Salzmann
Located in Genève, GE
Work on paper
Golden wooden frame with glass pane
49 x 36 x 2 cm
Category
1930s Switzerland - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Cart and barrel in the barn
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Beige wooden frame
80 x 69 x 5 cm
Category
1930s Switzerland - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
View of the heights of a village
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Category
Mid-20th Century Switzerland - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
View of Lake Geneva and Dents of Midi
By Louis Henri Salzmann
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Golden wooden frame
80 x 91.5 x 6 cm
Category
1940s Switzerland - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bearded man with pipe and hat
Located in Genève, GE
Work on wood
Carved wooden frame
41 x 36.5 x 7 cm
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch School Switzerland - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
My main enemy. Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting. Woman Power Symbolism. Red
Located in Zofingen, AG
ABOUT THE ARTWORK
"My Main Enemy" presents a compelling narrative of self-reflection and inner turmoil. The canvas speaks volumes through the bold imagery of a woman holding her hea...
Category
2010s Expressionist Switzerland - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Contemporary Figurative Painting "I Have The Horse. Am I a knight?" by Pogodina
Located in Zofingen, AG
ABOUT THE ARTWORK
"I Have the Horse. Am I a Knight?" weaves a narrative of self-inquiry and identity. The central figure, a woman astride a majestic horse, is painted with warm, ear...
Category
2010s Expressionist Switzerland - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Shelter me
Located in Zofingen, AG
ABOUT THE ARTWORK
"Shelter Me" is an evocative portrayal of the human need for protection and emotional safety. The central figure, with her eyes closed in a serene, almost meditati...
Category
2010s Impressionist Switzerland - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ecstasy of Saint Teresa
Located in Zofingen, AG
ABOUT THE ARTWORK
"Ecstasy of Saint Teresa" is an evocative piece that captures the transcendental moment of spiritual rapture. The central figure, poised in a state of divine surren...
Category
2010s Impressionist Switzerland - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
I want to go home
Located in Zofingen, AG
ABOUT THE ARTWORK
"I Want to Go Home" is a compelling canvas that speaks to the universal longing for belonging and origin. The subject, a figure cradling a bird, exudes a quiet year...
Category
2010s Impressionist Switzerland - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Balcony in Old Ventimiglia. Italy, yellow, blue, balcony, sea, summer
Located in Oslo, NO
This intimate work conveys the charm of the old Italian town of Ventimiglia, located on the coast of Liguria, where the artist vacationed and painted in the summer of 2025. The focus...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Switzerland - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract oil Women portrait in gold Figurative painting Nude canvas artwork
Located in Zofingen, AG
Oil on canvas. Gold.
"Female Aesthetics in Chrome and Gold"
The figure of a woman in this oil painting is turned away from us, creating an aura of mystery and intrigue. The nude fo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Switzerland - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paint, Oil, Canvas
Friends. Children and animals, figurative, oil painting, dog portraits
Located in Oslo, NO
"In the painting "Friends" I painted my dog Daisy, who met her favorite little friend on a walk," said Anna Shesterikova about this work. "The girl gently and affectionately stroke...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Switzerland - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Angels in the City. Consoling Angel. Semi-abstract, large format, vertical
Located in Oslo, NO
"This decorative painting is painted on canvas with acrylic paints and ink in a graphic way," said Anna Shesterikova about this artwork. "A girl is sitting in a cafe. In front of her...
Category
2010s Contemporary Switzerland - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic
On/Off by Alexander Schaller - Acrylic on Canvas - 124x107 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
!! Sold with separate frame (rolled canvas) !!
Alexandre Schaller is a Swiss artist from Geneva, known for his contributions to the Pop Art movement.
His artwork exemplifies his di...
Category
1990s Pop Art Switzerland - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Resurrection by Alexander Schaller - Acrylic on Canvas - 73x177 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
SOLD WITH separate FRAME (Rolled canvas)
Alexandre Schaller is a Swiss artist from Geneva, known for his contributions to the Pop Art movement.
His artwork exemplifies his distincti...
Category
1990s Pop Art Switzerland - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Top Chrono by Alexander Schaller - Acrylic on Canvas - 43x59 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Alexandre Schaller is a Swiss artist from Geneva, known for his contributions to the Pop Art movement.
His artwork exemplifies his distinctive style, characterized by vibrant colors...
Category
1990s Pop Art Switzerland - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Growth by Alexander Schaller - Acrylic on Canvas - 43x59 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Alexandre Schaller is a Swiss artist from Geneva, known for his contributions to the Pop Art movement.
His artwork exemplifies his distinctive style, characterized by vibrant colors...
Category
1990s Pop Art Switzerland - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Essence of Being by Alexander Schaller - Acrylic on Canvas - 43x59 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Alexandre Schaller is a Swiss artist from Geneva, known for his contributions to the Pop Art movement.
His artwork exemplifies his distinctive style, characterized by vibrant colors...
Category
1990s Pop Art Switzerland - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Vital Bonds by Alexander Schaller - Acrylic on Canvas - 43x59 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Alexandre Schaller is a Swiss artist from Geneva, known for his contributions to the Pop Art movement.
His artwork exemplifies his distinctive style, characterized by vibrant colors...
Category
1990s Pop Art Switzerland - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Horse. Oil painting, figurative, about God, father, child.
Located in Oslo, NO
“Horse” is the name of a painting from the “Dreams” series, the plot of which I dreamed about." said Anna Shesterikova about this artwork. "A father returns from the park with a chil...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Switzerland - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Easter Morning. Portrait, child, figurative, bright color, oil, painting
Located in Oslo, NO
The painting "Easter Morning" is a hymn to maternal love, a symbol of rebirth to a new life.
"The painting is full of hidden philosophical meaning." said Anna Shesterikova about th...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Switzerland - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Solitude
Located in Genève, GE
A. Vannotti — Solitude
oil on canvas signed lower left
In this poetic work titled Solitude, A. Vannotti explores the quiet beauty of isolation and contemplation through a composition...
Category
1970s Switzerland - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Officer in costume
Located in Genève, GE
Work on cardboard
Wooden frame
44 x 37.5 x 3 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century Switzerland - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Quai Gustav- Ador, the Neptune in Geneva
Located in Genève, GE
Oil on canvas signed and dated (19)46
Dimension with frame : 80.5 x 93.5 x 6 cm
This oil on canvas by Eugène Martin depicts a quiet harbor scene on the shores of Lake Geneva, most li...
Category
1940s Switzerland - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Woman in a pink blouse
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Dimension with frame : 63 x 50 x 6.5 cm
This captivating portrait shows a woman dressed in a pink blouse, highlighting a dark necklace that contrasts elegantly with th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Switzerland - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Violinist. Square, portrait, figurative, notes, semi-abstract
Located in Oslo, NO
Acrylic painting, portrait, violinist, music, black, square, notes
The painting "Violinist" is an image of an inner refuge where a person retreats after a battle with the elements. ...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Switzerland - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Still life with gray terracotta pitcher
By Alexis Louis Roche
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Category
Mid-20th Century Switzerland - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antonio Segui - Distraido - Oil on Canvas
By Antonio Seguí
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Antonio Segui
38 x 46 cm
Distraido
Oil on Canvas
Signed and Dated on the back
Antonio Segui Biography
Born in Córdoba, Argentina in 1934, Antonio Seguí currently lives and works in Paris. He studied at the San Fernando Academy in Madrid, Spain as well as the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, France. His first solo exhibition was in Argentina at age 23.
Antonio Seguí is one of the most internationally renowned Argentinian artists. He began his artistic endeavors at a young age after leaving Argentina to travel the world and study art. His journeys through Latin America, Europe and Africa exposed him to new ideas and encouraged his culturally diverse approach to art.
Influenced by artists like Fernand Leger and Diego Rivera, Seguí’s work is generally satirical, critiquing society and human nature. In a pre-computer age, the artist created a vocabulary that is now being explored by a new generation of artists through comics and Manga, yet his visual language and social commentaries remain poignant, both symbolically and literally.
Throughout his career, Seguí has developed a fascination for urban life, creating in his work the idea of the “everyman.” The city movement, the fast pace at which life happens and the people who live in these urban spaces are some of the elements that constitute the world depicted in his paintings. It is a prototypical realm inhabited by speedy automatons that take immutable routes leading nowhere. Up close, each figure is an individual, walking down dark alleys, pointing, waving and emerging from potholes. But from a distance, the individuals morph into complex patterns swallowed up in a labyrinth of buildings and cookie-cutter trees.
Utilizing cubist techniques, Seguí’s repeated elements give shape to the cities causing planes to vibrate between line and color. Numerous perspectives unfold with each vibration and reflect the many angles of life of the urban man. Always in action, the little figures trample, tip-toe, dodge and advance through Seguí’s imaginary metropolis of life.
His work is representated on a series of narratives and criticisms reflected on paintings that show many little men, dressed in 20's style clothes. He uses his own recourse based on comic strip characters, texts, arrows and various signs, juxtaposed onto the figures that resemble comic strip style language.
Seguí’s work is collected and exhibited worldwide in places such as the MoMA, New York; Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, D.C.; Frissiras Museum, Athens, Greece; Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires, Argentina; Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Austria; Museum of Modern Art Dubrovnik, Croatia; and Museo Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico. The Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris organized a retrospective of his works on paper in 2005. A monograph on the artist by Daniel Abadie was published in 2010 by Hazan.
Antonio Segui Resumé
1995
Art Miami '95, USA.
S. Zannettacci, Geneva, Switzerland
Marwan Hoss, Paris, France
Gallerie du Cirque Divers, Belgium
Le Moulin du Roc, France
Fundacao C. Gulbenkaian, Portugal
Gallerie J. Rubeiz, Beirut, Liban
1994
F. Santos, Portugal
E. Franck Gallery, Belgium
1993
Galleria San Carlo, Milan, Italy
Galería I. Vega, Puerto Rico
Winance-Sabbe, Belgium
FIAC, Paris, France
1992
Casa Rosada, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Espace Julio Gonzales...
Category
2010s Modern Switzerland - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Angels in the City. Return of the Light Ones. Acrylic, horizontal, blue
Located in Oslo, NO
"This painting is my dream that the invisible forces that protect humanity do not leave our world." said Anna Shesterikova about this artwork. "In my work I combine acrylic and ink t...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Switzerland - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic
Woman with cigarette
Located in Genève, GE
Monogram A. Sch.
Work on wood
Golden wooden frame
36.5 x 30.5 x 2 cm
Category
1920s Switzerland - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Figures in front of the mosque
Located in Genève, GE
Work on cardboard
Golden wooden frame
57 x 77 x 2 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Switzerland - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Gouache
Gondola in the lagoon of Venice
Located in Genève, GE
Work on wood
Golden wooden frame
57 x 77 x 2 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Switzerland - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Gouache
Fruit cup
Located in Genève, GE
Work on wood
Beige wooden frame
41.5 x 44 x 5 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Switzerland - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,032
Meeting
Located in Genève, GE
Unknown signature R. KEIM
Work on panel
Gray wooden frame
65.6 x 72.7 x 2 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century Switzerland - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,293
Indian fantasy
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on canvas without frame.
The work is signed and dated but artist is unknown from the gallery.
Category
Early 2000s Folk Art Switzerland - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$432 Sale Price
52% Off
Spring bouquet in carafe
By Alexis Louis Roche
Located in Genève, GE
Work on wood
Beige wooden frame
66 x 74.5 x 6 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century Switzerland - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Ghost
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Technique Mixte
Monogrammed work YH
Category
20th Century Switzerland - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
$960
The man and the mug
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Molded frame in wood and beige plaster
82 x 71 x 5 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century Switzerland - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Painter and gardener at work
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Golden wooden frame
47.5 x 29 x 3 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century Switzerland - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Woman sitting preparing meal
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Golden wooden frame
70.5 x 61 x 3 cm
Category
20th Century Switzerland - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Old toys by Gilbert Pauli - Oil on canvas 27x30 cm
By Gilbert Pauli
Located in Geneva, CH
Born in 1944 in the canton of Fribourg, Gilbert Pauli currently lives in Geneva, where he devotes himself to painting and sculpture, a passion he developed from his childhood. His fa...
Category
1990s Art Deco Switzerland - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,100 Sale Price
26% Off
Young elegant women and their dog
By Adolphe Monticelli
Located in Genève, GE
Work on wood
Category
19th Century Switzerland - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The dancer in the pink tutu
By Charles De Ziegler
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Switzerland - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Young child playing
Located in Genève, GE
Work on cardboard
Dimensions with frame 47.7 x 34.5 x 5 cm
This work depicts a crouching young child, captured in an intimate moment of reflection or play. The artist has chosen to u...
Category
1930s Switzerland - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Lively conversation around a balustrade
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Dimensions with frame : 83 x 101.5 x 3.5 cm
This 19th-century painting depicts a genre scene, typical of the academic and romantic art of the period. It shows three fi...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Switzerland - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The call for recess at boarding school
Located in Genève, GE
Oil on canvas
Beige wooden frame
60 x 71 x 4 cm
Category
1950s Switzerland - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Escalade Festival in Geneva
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
This striking painting accurately and lavishly depicts the commemorative parade of the Fête de l'Escalade in Geneva, a historical celebration commemorating the victory...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Switzerland - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Cottage in the mountains
By Louis Henri Salzmann
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Golden wooden frame
55 x 63 x 3.5 cm
Category
1930s Switzerland - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still life with sailor
s beret, beer mug, long pipe and books
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Category
Early 1900s Modern Switzerland - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Louis Toffoli - Brodeuse
By Louis Toffoli
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Louis TOFFOLI (1928 - 1999)
Brodeuse
Signed lower right
Oil on canvas
55 x 38,1 cm
78 x 60 cm (Framed)
Louis TOFFOLI was born in Trieste, in Italy in 1907. After graduatin...
Category
1970s Cubist Switzerland - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Narrow Reaper-Cut uncut US Dollar Sheets- Sculpture
By Scott Campbell
Located in Zug, CH
Scott Campbell is known throughout the world as being one of the most talented hands in the world of tattooing. He owns and operates the legendary Saved Tattoo in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, whose client list includes New York's art and design elite, fashion designers such as Marc Jacobs, and a long roster of celebrities including Heath Ledger...
Category
2010s Switzerland - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper
$16,000 Sale Price
20% Off
M.Chat - Untitled - Street Art Signed Painting
By M. Chat
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
M. CHAT
Untitled
Painting mounted on canvas
Signed
Dimensions : 120 x 120 cm including frame
Framed painting
Avec certificat
Discreet and unobtrusive, Monsieur Chat or M. Chat has been working on the streets since he was 15. His anonymity was broken in 2007 when he was caught painting his famous symbol – the cat. The man behind the mask was revealed to be Thoma Vuille, but he didn’t allow himself to be disturbed by this. Instead, he continued to exacerbate the already crystallized curiosity around the urban graphics of his increasingly present symbol. The shadow of his anonymous existence dispersed upon being shined on, but in the end, he realized that he and his alter ego are one and the same person, so he learned to drop the mask and raise his name alongside the signature of his alter ego. Believing in the idea and repeating it continuously over time, the artist got to the point where he was able to shape those around him in a way that, ultimately, the image he projects outwards is reflected back at him at times when he starts to entertain his own doubts about it.
Throughout the World
Born in Boudry, in the canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, Chat began roaming the streets around 1987. He studied at the Institute of visual Arts of Orléans, graduating in 2001. In 1997, during one of the workshops, the grinning cat was born. In his, now omnipresent symbol, the culture of the neighborhood meets the never-ending optimism of the artist, making a combination that is easily recognizable and widely famous. His dream of uniting human beings, different as they might be, is now possible. That single unifying subject has been found, and he’s ever since on a mission of spreading that subject throughout the world. It was this kind of contagious optimism that nudged the film-maker Chris Marker into approaching the artist, and eventually making a documentary about him in 2004. Reflecting on France’s state after the 9/11, Marker used the phenomenon of the Chat’s cat to explore the sad feelings of the people, but to share some optimism as well. The attention was not focused on the artist, for once, as we do not need to know his personal history to be able to feel something upon seeing his work. In fact, the state of mind, or an attitude, or a philosophical aspiration, is represented through an image. Behind that image lies all the simplicity of a smile painted on a wall, and all the power that comes with it. Vuille keeps the drawing simple and the line clear. On the first sight, the cat looks like a logo. However, it can’t be reduced to a logo, as it’s so much more than that. Belonging to street art, it’s a character with a strong identity and many variations. A character that achieves a symbolic dimension through its simplicity.
A Dispute with RATP – Let Art Be Free
Street art is highly unpredictable – where one sees inspirational pieces, others see the destruction of property. The artist had been previously arrested on brush in hand by the Police Municipal of Orléans in 2007. The Régie autonome des transports Parisian demanded 1,800 euros in damages, stating that Vuille had, without prior authorization, drawn inscriptions, signs or drawings, in the case of Cat Heads on the walls of the Châtelet-Les Halles station during its renovation in May 2014. Due to some contradictories, Vuille’s lawyer raised the invalidity of the notice of the artist, stating that he and his client were not completely sure what they were accused of. The court found the nullity of the summons, and the RATP finally asked one euro in damages, an amount incomparable to their previous requests. The whole thing turned out to be nothing more than a bad memory for Monsieur Chat, stating that he was not a criminal, but an artist. He also explained that his intention was to humanize a transit corridor, which was gray. All he did was putting some color on it, sharing happy feelings with all who passed nearby.
Discreet and unobtrusive, Monsieur Chat or M. Chat has been working on the streets since he was 15. His anonymity was broken in 2007 when he was caught painting his famous symbol – the cat. The man behind the mask was revealed to be Thoma Vuille, but he didn’t allow himself to be disturbed by this. Instead, he continued to exacerbate the already crystallized curiosity around the urban graphics of his increasingly present symbol. The shadow of his anonymous existence dispersed upon being shined on, but in the end, he realized that he and his alter ego are one and the same person, so he learned to drop the mask and raise his name alongside the signature of his alter ego. Believing in the idea and repeating it continuously over time, the artist got to the point where he was able to shape those around him in a way that, ultimately, the image he projects outwards is reflected back at him at times when he starts to entertain his own doubts about it.
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Monsieur Chat – Siesta à Paris, 2016 (Left) / Sky With Dufy, 2016 (Right), image courtesy of Galerie Brugier-Rigail
Throughout the World
Born in Boudry, in the canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, Chat began roaming the streets around 1987. He studied at the Institute of visual Arts of Orléans, graduating in 2001. In 1997, during one of the workshops, the grinning cat was born. In his, now omnipresent symbol, the culture of the neighborhood meets the never-ending optimism of the artist, making a combination that is easily recognizable and widely famous. His dream of uniting human beings, different as they might be, is now possible. That single unifying subject has been found, and he’s ever since on a mission of spreading that subject throughout the world. It was this kind of contagious optimism that nudged the film-maker Chris Marker into approaching the artist, and eventually making a documentary about him in 2004. Reflecting on France’s state after the 9/11, Marker used the phenomenon of the Chat’s cat to explore the sad feelings of the people, but to share some optimism as well. The attention was not focused on the artist, for once, as we do not need to know his personal history to be able to feel something upon seeing his work. In fact, the state of mind, or an attitude, or a philosophical aspiration, is represented through an image. Behind that image lies all the simplicity of a smile painted on a wall, and all the power that comes with it. Vuille keeps the drawing simple and the line clear. On the first sight, the cat looks like a logo. However, it can’t be reduced to a logo, as it’s so much more than that. Belonging to street art, it’s a character with a strong identity and many variations. A character that achieves a symbolic dimension through its simplicity.
The simplicity of the smile painted on a wall represents the state of mind
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Switzerland - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas
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